List of sports pairs
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This is a list of famous pairs of sportsmen. For a complete list of pairs see Lists of pairs.
- Troy Aikman & Michael Irvin (NFL players)
- Gene Alley & Bill Mazeroski (Pittsburgh Pirates MLB players; double-play combination)
- Luis Aparicio & Nellie Fox (Chicago White Sox MLB players; double-play combination)
- David Beckham & Ryan Giggs (Manchester United football (soccer) players)
- Mark Belanger & Bobby Grich (Baltimore Orioles MLB players; double-play combination)
- Jonas Björkman & Max Mirnyi (tennis players; regular doubles partners)
- Serge Blanco & Philippe Sella (French rugby union players)
- Frank & Ronald de Boer (Dutch football (soccer) players; twins and Dutch internationals)
- Bob & Mike Bryan (US tennis players; twin brothers who form a prominent doubles team)
- David Campese & Mark Ella (Australian rugby union players)
- Dave Concepción & Joe Morgan (Cincinnati Reds MLB players; double-play combination)
- Bob Cousy & Bill Russell (Boston Celtics NBA players)
- Bobby & Jack Charlton (English football (soccer) players; brothers and England internationals)
- Bobby Moore & Geoff Hurst (English football (soccer) players)
- Johan Cruijff & Johan Neeskens (Dutch football (soccer) players)
- Daunte Culpepper & Randy Moss (NFL players)
- Marcel Desailly & Laurent Blanc (French football (soccer) players; central defenders for the France team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000)
- Alfredo Di Stéfano & Ferenc Puskás (Real Madrid football (soccer) players)
- Slava Fetisov & Alexei Kasatonov (USSR national team ice hockey players)
- Ken Flach & Robert Seguso (US tennis players and longtime doubles partners)
- Walt Frazier & Earl Monroe (New York Knicks NBA players)
- Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov (Soviet figure skaters; husband-and-wife pairs team)
- George Gregan & Stephen Larkham (Australian rugby union players; most international appearances in the sport's history for a halfback partnership)
- Wayne Gretzky & Jari Kurri (Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings NHL players)
- Wayne Gretzky & Mark Messier (Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers NHL players)
- Ruud Gullit & Marco van Basten (Dutch football (soccer) players)
- Elvin Hayes & Wes Unseld (Washington Bullets NBA players)
- Jason Johnson & Mark Johnson (AFL players)
- Magic Johnson & James Worthy (Los Angeles Lakers NBA players)
- Magic Johnson & Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers NBA players)
- Michael Jordan & Scottie Pippen ( Chicago Bulls NBA players)
- Paul Kariya & Teemu Selänne (Anaheim Mighty Ducks and Colorado Avalanche ice hockey players)
- Jim Kelly & Andre Reed (Buffalo Bills NFL players)
- René & Willy van de Kerkhof (Dutch football (soccer) players; twins who are both in the FIFA 100, Pelé's 2004 list of the 125 greatest living footballers)
- Harry Kewell & Mark Viduka (Australian international football (soccer) players)
- Karch Kiraly & Kent Steffes (Beach volleyball team that won Olympic gold in 1996)
- Jürgen Klinsmann & Rudi Völler (German football (soccer) players)
- Raymond Kopa & Just Fontaine (French football (soccer) players)
- Sandy Koufax & Don Drysdale (Los Angeles Dodgers baseball pitchers)
- Michael & Brian Laudrup (Danish football (soccer) players; brothers who are both in the FIFA 100)
- Mario Lemieux & Jaromir Jagr (Pittsburgh Penguins NHL players)
- Roberto Mancini & Gianluca Vialli (Italian football (soccer) players)
- Peyton Manning & Marvin Harrison (NFL players)
- Roger Maris & Mickey Mantle (New York Yankees MLB players)
- Joe Montana & Jerry Rice (NFL players)
- Ilie Năstase & Ion Ţiriac (Romanian tennis players)
- Martina Navratilova & Pam Shriver (US tennis players; the dominant women's doubles team of the 1980s)
- Gary & Phil Neville (English football (soccer) players)
- Hakeem Olajuwon & Ralph Sampson, the "Twin Towers" (Houston Rockets NBA players)
- Shaquille O'Neal & Kobe Bryant (one-time teammates on the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA; see also Shaq-Kobe feud)
- Leander Paes & Mahesh Bhupathi (tennis players from India; regular doubles partners)
- Jean-Pierre Papin & Eric Cantona (French football players)
- Gary Payton & Shawn Kemp (Seattle SuperSonics NBA players)
- Brian Piccolo & Gale Sayers (Chicago Bears NFL players; see also Brian's Song, a famous made-for-TV film about their friendship)
- Paul Pierce & Antoine Walker (Boston Celtics NBA players)
- Terry Porter & Clyde Drexler (Portland Trail Blazers NBA players)
- Ramadhin & Valentine (West Indian cricket players, subject of song)
- Roberto Carlos & Cafu, Brazilian football (soccer) players
- David Robinson & Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs NBA players)
- Romário & Bebeto (Brazilian football (soccer) players)
- Ronaldo & Ronaldinho (Brazilian football (soccer) players)
- Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig (New York Yankees baseball players)
- Jamie Salé & David Pelletier (Canadian figure skaters)
- Brad Scott & Chris Scott (AFL players)
- Andriy Shevchenko & Serhiy Rebrov (Ukrainian soccer players)
- Stan Smith & Bob Lutz (US tennis players)
- John Stockton & Karl Malone (Utah Jazz NBA players; teammates for nearly 20 years)
- Chris Sutton & Alan Shearer (English football players, known as SAS)
- Isiah Thomas & Joe Dumars (Detroit Pistons NBA players)
- Alan Trammell & Lou Whitaker (Detroit Tigers baseball players; double-play combination)
- Rory & Tony Underwood (English rugby union players; brothers and England internationals)
- Omar Vizquel & Roberto Alomar (Cleveland Indians MLB players)
- Ben & Rasheed Wallace (one-time teammates with the NBA's Detroit Pistons; not related)
- Doc Blanchard "Mr Inside" and Glenn Davis "Mr Outside" (Army college football players and Heisman Trophy winners)
- Jerry West "Mr Outside" and Elgin Baylor "Mr Inside" (Los Angeles Lakers NBA players)
- Mark Woodforde & Todd Woodbridge, The Woodies (Australian tennis players; arguably the top doubles team of the late 20th century)
- Dwight Yorke & Andy Cole (Manchester United football (soccer) players; forwards for Manchester United that won the Premiership, FA Cup and the Champions League in 1999)
- Steve Young & Jerry Rice (NFL players)
- Venus and Serena Williams (U.S. tennis stars, sisters)
